{
    "term": "can",
    "partOfSpeech": "modal verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "",
            "heSheIt": ""
        },
        "pastSimple": "past simple could",
        "pastParticiple": "",
        "ingForm": ""
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say that it is possible for somebody/something to do something, or for something to happen",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can run fast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you call back tomorrow?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He couldn't answer the question."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stadium can be emptied in four minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't promise anything, but I'll do what I can."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please let us know if you cannot attend the meeting."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody knows how to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She can speak Spanish."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you cook?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I could drive a car before I left school."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used with the verbs ‘feel’, ‘hear’, ‘see’, ‘smell’, ‘taste’",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She could feel the warnth of the sun on her face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can hear music."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to show that somebody is allowed to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can take the car, if you want."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't wear jeans at work."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "used to ask permission to do something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can I read your newspaper?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can I take you home?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "used to ask somebody to help you",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Can you help me with this box?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you feed the cat, please?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "used to make suggestions",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We can eat in a restaurant, if you like."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can take the car if necessary."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "used in the negative for saying that you are sure something is not true",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That can't be Mary—she's in New York."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He can't have slept through all that noise."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "used to express doubt or surprise",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What can they be doing?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can he be serious?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where can she have put it?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "used to say what somebody/something is often like",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He can be very tactless sometimes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It can be quite cold here in winter."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody must do something, usually when you are angry",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can shut up or get out!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "as happy, etc. as possible",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you do not like something and are unwilling to accept it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I can't be doing with people who complain all the time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can’t be doing with you moaning all the time."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you are not able or willing to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, no can do. I just don't have the time."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kən//kæn/",
                "audio": "ca/can/can__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænɒt/",
                "audio": "ca/can/cannot__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kɑːnt/",
                "audio": "ca/can/can_t_1_gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəd//kʊd/",
                "audio": "co/can/could__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊdnt/",
                "audio": "co/can/couldn_t_1_gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kən//kæn/",
                "audio": "ca/can/can__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkænɑːt/",
                "audio": "ca/can/cannot__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kænt/",
                "audio": "ca/can/can_t_1_us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəd//kʊd/",
                "audio": "co/can/could__us_3_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkʊdnt/",
                "audio": "co/can/couldn_t_1_us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English cunnan ‘know’ (in Middle English ‘know how to’), related to Dutch kunnen and German können; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin gnoscere ‘know’ and Greek gignōskein ‘know’."
}